The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 427
CH. 26 ASH-SHU ARĀ' it PT. 19 فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيْهِمْ اَنْبُوا مَا كَانُوا They have, indeed, treated in. 7 بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ as a lie, but soon there will come to them the tidings of that at which they mocked. 2710 أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا Have they not looked at the. 8 مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ earth, how many of every noble species have We caused to grow therein?2711 اِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً ، وَمَا كَانَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ In that there is a Sign indeed. 9 مُّؤْمِنِينَ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُن but most of these would not believe. 10. And verily thy Lord-He is the Mighty, the Merciful. 2712 "6:35; 22:43; 35:26; 40:6. 36:34-37. time in which it is revealed. Some Prophets come with a new Law, while others only serve the existing Law. 2710. Commentary: The verse has an implied allusion to the Biblical prophecy, viz. "the stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner" (Matt. 21:42). 2711. Commentary: Of all Divine Books it is the Quran which declared this great scientific truth as far back as about 1400 years that all things have been created in pairs. The verse further implies that when in the physical world all things have been created in pairs, it stands to reason that in the spiritual world also things should be in pairs—a Moses or a Jesus should have his counterpart and the Mosaic Dispensation should also have its counterpart-the Islamic Dispensation. 2341 2712. Commentary: In the present Surah brief accounts of several great Prophets of God have been given and the account of every Prophet has ended with the words, "Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful. " These words imply that the circumstances of the Holy Prophet will resemble those of the Prophets mentioned in this Surah. He will go through the same trials and tribulations through which they had to pass and will face the same tempests and temptations which those Prophets had to meet, but whereas the Mighty God seized and destroyed the enemies of those Prophets, in the case of the Holy Prophet the Mighty God will not only manifest His might and power in giving victory to the Holy Prophet and in making his cause triumph and prosper but will also show mercy to his people, inasmuch as only a small minority of them will